In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a cynical veteran of the American Civil War, who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing Imperial Army in modern warfare using firearms. The Imperial Omura (Masato Harada) cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai, hereditary warriors, who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty, but... (Full plot summary below)
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In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a cynical veteran of the American Civil War, who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of Japan to train the peasant conscripts for the first standing Imperial Army in modern warfare using firearms. The Imperial Omura (Masato Harada) cabinet's first priority is to repress a rebellion of traditionalist Samurai, hereditary warriors, who remain devoted to the sacred dynasty, but reject the Westernizing policy, and even refuse firearms. Yet, when his ill-prepared superior force sets out too soon, their panic allows the sword-wielding samurai to crush them. Badly wounded, Algren's courageous stand makes the samurai leader Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) spare his life. Once nursed to health, he learns to know and respect the old Japanese way, and participates as advisor in Katsumoto's failed attempt to save the Bushido tradition, but Omura gets repressive laws enacted. He must now choose to honor his loyalty to one of the embittered sides when the conflict returns to the battlefield.
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| Time OutGeoff AndrewCompetently mounted in its studiedly immersive, elongated way, Zwick's earnest costume epic dresses a knee-jerk, reactionary sensibility in exotic garb. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiTom Cruise has never made an epic film that's in the same class of "Lawrence of Arabia" -- that is, until now. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesThe Last Samurai delivers in ways that would have made even Akira Kurosawa himself proud. |
| Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)Jeffrey WesthoffThe purity of Cruise's anguish and Watanabe's nobility carries the drama. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressCasts such a spell with its beauty, performances and four solid action sequences that its easy to forget and even easier to forgive its derivative nature. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA remarkable and exquisitely rendered drama that mixes the raw savagery of war with magical moments of Zen peacefulness and spiritual uplift. |
| EmpireWill LawrenceThe Last Samurai is much more fun than a mere history lesson. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEleanor Ringel GillespieA handsome, well-crafted production with strong work by the magnetic Watanabe and by Cruise, who continues to make riskier choices than he needs to. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsAlas, Tom's ego has landed. It's the kind of obsequious, star-f%@!ing glory-hole Cruise has been savvy enough to avoid for the past decade. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordWith The Last Samurai Zwick shows, once again, that he has a talent approaching Akira Kurosawa in his ability to stage large scale battle scenes |
